Gibb grows alfalfa, which has been a much-derided, water-intensive crop as Utah grapples with the impacts of drought, a changing climate and the crises facing the Great Salt Lake and Colorado River.

New Mexico State University scientists evaluated four subsurface drip irrigation systems on tees. Each provided similar turf quality with three to five times less water than traditional sprinklers.

The subsurface drip irrigation systems that have enhanced water use efficiency and increased yields in processing tomatoes may also have long-term effects on soil life that are worth monitoring.

System costs range $2,500 to $3,300 per acre depending on a multitude of factors. “While the water-saving and yield productivity benefits of sub-surface drip irrigation are well documented ...

The most common types include surface drip systems, where tubing is laid on the soil surface; subsurface drip systems, which involve burying tubing below the soil; and portable drip systems that ...

While complex drip irrigation systems can water entire agricultural ... and T. P. Trooien. "Subsurface Drip Irrigation for Corn Productivity: A Review of 10 Years of Research in Kansas." ...

Napa County approved subsurface drip dispersion as an alternative system last April. Sonoma County has allowed it for several years on a limited basis -- 10 per year and limited to 480 gallons per ...

Velde, who farms along the Yellow Medicine River about six miles south of Granite Falls, installed a subsurface, drip irrigation system on 58 acres of corn land. The soil varies greatly across the ...

Kees van Beek shows a miniature mockup of the subsurface drip irrigation system at the offices of Southern Irrigation LP in Lethbridge. (Elise Stolte/CBC) On a CBC News tour of his ranch ...

New Mexico State University scientists evaluated four subsurface drip irrigation systems on tees. Each provided similar turf quality with three to five times less water than traditional sprinklers.